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We’ve finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors
A skull found in Ethiopia has been identified as belonging to Australopithecus anamensis, which lived 4 million years ago and may be one of our direct ancestors
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Fossils of the earliest animals seen outside China for the first time
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World鈥檚 largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago
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Undiscovered dinosaurs: We are entering the golden era of fossil finds
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Life
Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion
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Unknown species of lizard found inside a gliding dinosaur’s stomach
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Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming
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Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe
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How palaeontology got cool: Inside the revolution in dinosaur science
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Baby pterosaurs may have hatched ready to fly right out of the egg
The prehistoric pterosaurs that lived alongside dinosaurs grew well-developed wings while still in their eggs, which may have let them fly soon after hatching
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52-million-year-old fossils suggest oak relatives evolved in the south
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Meet the Ghostbusters monster that could floor a tyrannosaur
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The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined
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Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers
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